Dresden–Werdau railway

The Dresden–Werdau railway is an electrified, double-track main line in the German state of Saxony. It runs from Dresden via Freiberg, Chemnitz and Zwickau to Werdau wye, where it joins the Leipzig-Hof railway.

Dresden Hbf–Werdau wye
Overview
Line number
  • 6258; Saxon DW
  • 6257; Saxon DWCh
LocaleSaxony, Germany
Termini
Service
Route number510, 510.3
Technical
Line length136.304 km (84.695 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius213 m (699 ft)
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed120 km/h (74.6 mph) (maximum)
with tilting: 160 km/h (99.4 mph)
Maximum incline2.6%
Route map

-0.048
Dresden Hbf
117 m
1.100
Dresden Altstadt junction (Bk)
from Dresden-Altstadt Elbe bank
1.500
Dresden-Altstadt
120 m
2.922
Dresden-Plauen
since 1926
135 m
3.700
Dresden-Plauen
until 1926
139 m
0
Felsenkeller Tunnel,
roof removed in 1895 (56 m)
3.820
Bk Felsenkeller
4.600
5.528
Freight line to Tharandt (see below)
5.670
Freital Ost junction (Bk)
155 m
5.717
to Possendorf
6.844
Freital-Potschappel
162 m
Narrow gauge line to Nossen and
Niederhermsdorf coal branch line
8.736
Freital-Deuben
176 m
10.092
Freital-Hainsberg
187 m
Narrow gauge line to Kurort Kipsdorf
11.550
Freital-Hainsberg West
190 m
Freight line from Freital Ost junction
13.705
Tharandt
208 m
15.920
Bk Breiter Grund
18.020
Edle Krone
281 m
18.200
Edle Krone Tunnel (122 m)
Maximum gradient 2.6% (1:37.5)
21.520
Bk Seerenteich
25.369
Klingenberg-Colmnitz
436 m
Narrow gauge lines to Frauenstein
and Mohorn
27.450
Colmnitz Viaduct(148 m)
30.850
Niederbobritzsch
407 
31.250
Niederbobritzsch Viaduct (175 m)
Üst Niederbobritzsch
35.890
Muldenhütten
395 m
36.490
Muldenhütten Viaduct (196 m)
38.510
Kunstgraben Tunnel (36 m; roof removed)
from Halsbrücke
from (Moldava–) Holzhau
40.005
Freiberg (Sachs)
413 m
to Nossen
42.300
Bk Hospitalwald
42.810
Nossen–Moldava
45.380
Kleinschirma
415 m
48.720
Frankenstein Viaduct (349 m)
49.819
Frankenstein (Sachs)
396 m
52.240
Bk Kaltes Feld
54.380
Bk Memmendorf
57.149
Oederan
407 m
59.100
Bk Breitenau
61.560
Bk Hetzdorf
(new route 1992)
61.897
Hetzbach viaduct (344 m)
62.300
Hetzdorf Viaduct (326 m)
(Flöha Valley Railway)
62.805
Flöha viaduct (344 m)
(Flöha Valley Railway)
63.600
64.566
km change -966 m
64.750
Falkenau (Sachs) Süd
310 m
from Neuhausen and (Reitzenhain–) Marienberg
67.370
Flöha
278 m
67.625
B 180 level crossing
68.079
Zschopau bridge (65 m)
70.130
Niederwiesa junction; sig box 1
70.170
B 73 LC
from Roßwein
71.280
Niederwiesa
291 m
73.620
Bk Ebersdorf
75.50
Bk Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf sig box A
76.021
0.000
km change (start of line 6257)
0.490
Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
325 m
76.520
Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf
320 m
3.098
78.600
km change (end of line 6257)
from Riesa
from Neukieritzsch
79.730
Chemnitz Hbf
302 m
connection to Chemnitz tram network
81.820
Chemnitz Süd
312 m
to Aue and Stollberg
82.630
Bk Chemnitz Süd
82.850
Chemnitz Mitte
307  m
83.480
Chemnitz-Kappel
310 m
85.530
Chemnitz-Schönau
320 m
85.900
Bk Schönau
88.010
Chemnitz-Siegmar
326 m
91.250
Grüna (Sachs)
350 m
from Limbach and from Küchwald
to Neuoelsnitz
94.310
Wüstenbrand
(former Keilbahnhof)
378 m
95.907
Bk Oberlungwitz
98.230
Hohenstein-Ernstthal
345 m
Interurban tramway to Oelsnitz
98.654
Hohenstein-Ernstthal–Oelsnitz tramway
99.700
Hüttengrund viaduct (150 m)
101.220
Bk Hermsdorf
from Stollberg (Sachs)
104.910
St. Egidien
283 m
107.762
Bk Lobsdorf
109.500
Bk Niederlungwitz
112.140
Glauchau (Sachs)
244 m
114.310
Bk Gesau
115.990
Glauchau-Schönbörnchen
258 m
Narrow gauge railway to Ortmannsdorf
120.540
Mosel
257 
Industrial line to Zwickau
122.790
Oberrothenbach
265 m
125.830
Zwickau-Pölbitz
270 m
Industrial line from Mosel
from Schwarzenberg/Johanngeorgenstadt
128.350
Zwickau (Sachs) Hbf
130.950
"7. Oktober" depot
to Falkenstein (Vogtl.)
131.600
Bk Maxhütte
132.830
Lichtentanne (Sachs)
320 m
134.502
Bk Steinpleis
134.930
Steinpleis
310 m
135.626
Steinpleis Viaduct
135.700
Werdau wye (Zwickau separation)
to Leipzig
136.260
Werdau wye (Neumark separation)
to Hof
Source: German railway atlas
Freital Ost junction–Tharandt (freight railway)
Overview
Line number6259
LocaleSaxony
Technical
Line length8.250 km (5.126 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed70 km/h (43.5 mph) (maximum)
Route map

from Dresden
5.558
to Tharandt (start of line)
5.680
Freital Ost junction (Bk)
155 m
6.170
6.182
kn change -12 m
6.844
Freital-Potschappel
162 m
narrow gauge line to Nossen and
Niederhermsdorf coal branch line
connecting line to Freital-Hainsberg
connecting line from Freital-Potschappel
10.092
Freital-Hainsberg
187 m
Narrow gauge line to Kurort Kipsdorf
from Freital Ost
13.705
Tharandt
208 m
13.820
(end of line)
to Werdau
Source: German railway atlas

The line was opened in several sections and its first section from Werdau to Zwickau was opened 1845, making it one of the oldest railways in Germany. The Dresden–Tharandt section was completed in 1855, the Chemnitz–Zwickau section followed in 1858, the line was extended from Tharandt to Freiberg in 1862 and the section from Chemnitz to Flöha was opened as part of the line to Annaberg in 1866. The entire line was not open until 1869, when the missing section from Freiberg-Flöha was opened. From then on the railway line developed into an important connection. It continues to be an important part of the so-called Saxon-Franconian trunk line (German: Sachsen-Franken-Magistrale) from Dresden to Nuremberg.

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